Computer Support Blog

Anyone who’s ever driven into a big city such as New York or Los Angeles for a major event and tried to find parking at the last minute knows how much of a struggle the process can be for a driver.  Street parking fills up incredibly quickly, leaving parking garages and paid lots as the only options.  However, even those garages and lots fill up very often and sometimes charge more for a spot when demand is high.  Cool product in technology SpotHero wants to solve this issue for drivers by helping them pre-book parking spots before ever getting into their cars.  Read more »

Many people have sold or given away used furniture when moving to a new location.  Sometimes the furniture doesn’t fit in a new home and sometimes it’s just too much trouble to transport it.  Either way, one can find tons of advertisements every day on Craigslist or other community sites about used furniture that people are selling or giving away.  However, one of the major inconveniences of this phenomenon is the attempts to transport the furniture.  Often times, people do not have a vehicle or other means of transporting large pieces of furniture they would otherwise love to buy from someone who is moving.  Cool person in technology Bill Bobbit founded Move Loot to help people in these situations.  The concept behind Move Loot is simple.  It is a listing site for selling and purchasing used furniture from other community members, but once an item sells, Move Loot sends a team to deliver the furniture from the seller to the buyer.  No hassle of going to pick the furniture up or finding a vehicle that can carry it.  Bobbit’s company does the move for the seller and buyer.  Customers who experience problems accessing the site’s furniture listings can get help from an online tech support provider. Read more »

While resorts and luxury hotels are common destinations for people to spend their vacations, many families prefer to rent a residential home for the duration of their stay.  While fewer extra services are available when renting a property short-term for vacation purposes, houses often provide more space for big groups on longer trips.  Property owners in popular vacation destinations such as Cape Cod and Myrtle Beach rent their properties out frequently to vacationers who desire this type of situation.  However, finding short-term renters for a property can sometimes be difficulty for an owner.  Cool product in technology Dwellable can help with that issue.  Dwellable is a web and mobile-based vacation property rental listing site.  Those who own property at a vacation destination can list the available rental dates and prices for their property online using Dwellable.  This cool product provides those looking for a house to rent for their trip an easy, accessible platform with many options to choose from at any given time.  On Dwellable’s site, they claim to have over 250,000 rental locations available to users.  Anyone who has trouble while trying to access this cool product’s listings can get assistance from a remote tech support company. Read more »

Finding affordable clothing that still maintains a strong sense of someone’s personal style and looks great is not as easy as most people would imagine.  Many who have a particular sense of style often have to sacrifice those preferences due to financial setbacks or issues of availability.  Cool person in technology Katrina Lake wants to make finding one’s personal style and being able to flaunt it as simple as becoming a member of a subscription service.  Lake’s company Stitch Fix provides what is, essentially, personal fashion consulting by subscription.  Users pay Stitch Fix a monthly fee of twenty dollars and receive a box of five clothing items to try on for themselves every thirty days.  Customers decide what items to send back and which to keep.  They only pay for the items they decide to hold onto and simply return what they don’t want. Read more »

Content marketing is a huge part of growing and maintaining a strong web presence for a company’s brand.  To bring people to one’s website, companies need to present online visitors with content that is both informative and enjoyable.  The more people that associate a brand with positive and engaging content, the better it is for that brand’s public image.  However, producing engaging content that draws people in isn’t a simple process.  There is a significant amount of work in planning and delivering content to aim for the most reach and engagement on the web.  Cool person in technology and Triblio CEO Andre Yee wants to help companies with that process.  Yee’s product Triblio is a content marketing management and analytics platform that helps content providers learn from their audience and strategize.  Read more »

With more and more software companies moving to cloud solutions for their customers, it is hardly a surprise that there is now a cool product in technology that lets video production workers edit video in the cloud.  Loopster allows its users to upload videos to their account and login from anywhere to edit and alter those videos online.  With Loopster, people can edit and refine all types of video, from amateur home videos to professionally recorded films.  Anyone can use Loopster by going to the product’s website and creating an account.  From their account pages, people can manage all their videos and work on numerous projects at the same time.  For any users who have difficulty while trying to access this cool product on one of their computers, a home network support provider may be able to help provide a solution to connectivity problems. Read more »

Consumers often get special perks, discounts and other rewards for their membership in certain organizations and clubs.  The AARP notably provides many discounts and perks for its members, but they are hardly alone.  Other organizations such as university alumni associations and professional groups such as the AMA also provide their members with special benefits.  Of course, individual brands, retail stores and credit card companies also offer members of their loyalty programs many bonuses to entice customers.  The issue with consumers having access to so many of these perks is that they forget the advantages they have.  It is not difficult to lose track of all one’s bonuses and potential rewards, which leads to spending money that one would not have to if her or she were more aware of their perks.  Cool person in technology Greg Hammerman created Larky to help people be more aware of the rewards to which they are entitled.  Larky is a mobile application for the iPhone that connects with all of a user’s membership accounts and automatically reminds them when there is an opportunity to use a perk.  Customers who experience connectivity issues getting their memberships to synchronize with Larky may need iPhone repair to restore connectivity.  Read more »

DJs who mix and perform sets of Electronic Dance Music, or EDM for short, usually require large set-ups of computer hardware and digital turntables to put on a performance.  The amount of work involved in setting up equipment for each gig is substantial and can be limiting for DJs who make their living from their mixing and performance work.  Cool product in technology Mixify is an online platform that not only makes it possible for DJs to avoid large set-ups by streaming performances remotely in high quality audio, but also lets them stream mixes and sets to multiple locations at once all over the world.  Read more »

People have been creating personalized playlists since before music was digital.  Thousands of people still remember recording personal “mix tapes” on cassettes and sharing them with their friends or giving them as gifts to loved ones.  Digital playlists are, in many ways, the modern version of these personalized mix tapes and just like the mix tapes of old, people have a desire to share the playlists they create today.  Enter cool person in technology Darius Fong who has created a new service designed around the idea of everyday users crafting personalized playlists and sharing them with the world.  Fong’s product goes by the name of weeSPIN, emphasizing the social aspect of the service by using a play on the plural pronoun “we”.  Read more »

Designing and prototyping software and websites is such a tedious and difficult process partially because the two acts require such different skillsets.  Designers are necessary to find the best interface for a positive user experience, but they do not have the coding skills professional programmers have that are necessary to turn a design into a working prototype ready for demonstration. The Marvel app is a cool product in technology that lets teams avoid part of this lengthy process.  The Marvel app helps people quickly create prototypes for new designs without having to code at all.  Instead, the Marvel app has users use the images of the designs themselves to formulate clickable and interactive prototypes to present to clients, investors, or anyone else they want to see their concept in action.  Read more »